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Linnaeus, 1758
(reptile)
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Entity:
Colubrinae (Subfamily)
..Aeluroglena (Genus)
..Aprosdoketophis (Genus)
..Archelaphe (Genus)
..Argyrogena (Genus)
..Bamanophis (Genus)
..Boiga (Genus)
..Chilomeniscus (Genus)
..Chionactis (Genus)
..Chironius (Genus)
..Coelognathus (Genus)
..Colubroelaps (Genus)
..Conopsis (Genus)
..Coronella (Genus)
..Crotaphopeltis (Genus)
..Cyclophiops (Genus)
..Dasypeltis (Genus)
..Dendrophidion (Genus)
..Dipsadoboa (Genus)
..Dispholidus (Genus)
..Dolichophis (Genus)
..Drymarchon (Genus)
..Drymobius (Genus)
..Drymoluber (Genus)
..Dryocalamus (Genus)
..Eirenis (Genus)
..Elachistodon (Genus)
..Elaphe (Genus)
..Euprepiophis (Genus)
..Ficimia (Genus)
..Geagras (Genus)
..Gonyosoma (Genus)
..Gyalopion (Genus)
..Hapsidophrys (Genus)
..Hemerophis (Genus)
..Hemorrhois (Genus)
..Hierophis (Genus)
..Lampropeltini (Tribe)
..Leptodrymus (Genus)
..Leptophis (Genus)
..Lepturophis (Genus)
..Liopeltis (Genus)
..Lycodon (Genus)
..Lytorhynchus (Genus)
..Macroprotodon (Genus)
..Mastigodryas (Genus)
..Meizodon (Genus)
..Mopanveldophis (Genus)
..Muhtarophis (Genus)
..Oligodon (Genus)
..Oocatochus (Genus)
..Opheodrys (Genus)
..Oreocryptophis (Genus)
..Orientocoluber (Genus)
..Orthriophis (Genus)
..Oxybelis (Genus)
..Philothamnus (Genus)
..Phrynonax (Genus)
..Phyllorhynchus (Genus)
..Platyceps (Genus)
..Pseudoficimia (Genus)
..Ptyas (Genus)
..Rhamnophis (Genus)
..Rhinobothryum (Genus)
..Rhynchocalamus (Genus)
..Salvadora (Genus)
..Scaphiophis (Genus)
..Scolecophis (Genus)
..Senticolis (Genus)
..Simophis (Genus)
..Sonora (Genus)
..Spalerosophis (Genus)
..Spilotes (Genus)
..Stegonotus (Genus)
..Stenorrhina (Genus)
..Stichophanes (Genus)
..Symphimus (Genus)
..Sympholis (Genus)
..Tantilla (Genus)
..Tantillita (Genus)
..Telescopus (Genus)
..Thelotornis (Genus)
..Thrasops (Genus)
..Toxicodryas (Genus)
..Trimorphodon (Genus)
..Wallaceophis (Genus)
..Xenelaphis (Genus)
..Xyelodontophis (Genus)
..Zamenis (Genus)
..Coluber (Genus)
....Coluber anthonyi (Species)
....Coluber aurigulus (Species)
....Coluber barbouri (Species)
....Coluber bilineatus (Species)
....Coluber constrictor (Species) - racer
....Coluber flagellum (Species)
....Coluber fuliginosus (Species)
....Coluber lateralis (Species)
....Coluber mentovarius (Species)
....Coluber schotti (Species)
....Coluber slevini (Species)
....Coluber taeniatus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1748.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 6)
: 33, 34.
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 216.
Unavailable original rank
:
Types
Type of
:
Colubridae
(Family)
Oppel, 1811
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 47.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Colubriformia
(Order)
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 452.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Colubrinae
(Subfamily)
Oppel, 1811
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 47.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Colubroidea
(Superfamily)
Oppel, 1811
Type
:
Coluber constrictor
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Coluber
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1748, nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Bascanion
(Genus)
Baird & Girard, 1853
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Aug 2019.
Synonymous name
:
Nanus
(Genus)
Schönherr, 1844
Ref:
PBDB
: 24 Apr 2015.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
toornslangen
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